Apple Valley High School grad Erik Jensen makes his Broadway debut

He plays an art gallery owner in "The Collaboration."

December 7, 2022 at 9:32PM
Broadway’s “The Collaboration” is about the relationship between Jean-Michel Basquiat (Jeremy Pope) and Andy Warhol (Paul Bettany). (Marc Brenner/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

A Detroit Lakes native is on Broadway with legends Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Erik Jensen (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Erik Jensen, who graduated from Apple Valley High School in 1988, is in "The Collaboration," a fact-based drama about the kinship between the two late artists. Currently in previews, the four-person show opens Dec. 20 at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre. Tickets are available at telecharge.com

Jensen, whose other appearances include TV series "For Life" and "The Walking Dead" and who has made several documentaries, plays Bruno Bischofberger, a Swiss gallerist who represented the work of both legends.

The play, which is set in 1984, stars Paul Bettany as Warhol and and Jeremy Pope as Basquiat.

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